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Receipts & Distribution - E00506
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
413-90345-EF-SD
Employer
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Receipts & Distribution - E00506
Town
Manchester
Salary
£23,615 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/01/2025 23:59

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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust logo

Receipts and Distribution Assistant

Band 2

Job overview

To assist in the management of the distribution of goods around the trust.

Support the receipt and distribution supervisor

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be Smart, Flexible, Reliable, show initiative in all situations and have excellent Customer Service skills

Working for our organisation

Do you want to make a difference?

Are you Smart, Flexible, Reliable, decisive, show initiative in all situations and have excellent Customer Service skills able to respond to changing situations?

Do you want to be part of a well lead, well established team in its continued development?

Pay – Band 2 £23,615

Hours – 37.5hrs

Mon – Fri

Shift patterns 0800-1600

Annual Leave - 27 days leave plus 8 Bank holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Planning and organisational tasks / duties

  • Movement of goods from R&D to wards / depts as required
  • Assist with the movement of PPE to wards / depts as required
  • Ability to prioritize workloads to meet the needs of the service and service users
  • Maintain work areas in clean and tidy manner
  • Carry out tasks as per risk assessments
  • Liaise with suppliers, regarding deliveries
  • Record all deliveries received in appropriate manner 
  • Must have good basic IT skills MS Office suite and be prepared to learn other IT software packages as required.
  • Exposure to dust, dirt, ward smells, inclement weather. 
  • Transportation and storage of contained hazardous substances.
  • Record any goods for return to suppliers
  • Maintain medical form stocks at preset stock levels

 

Patient / service user related tasks /duties

  • Incidental contact when working in ward/department areas.

 

Responsibilities for information resources

  • Good IT skills
  • Have good verbal communication skills
  • Responsibilities for human resources
  • Explains own job to new or junior staff. 
  • May allocate work to junior team members and monitor progress.
  • Responsibility for financial resources
  • Maintains stock items at agreed levels
  • Responsible for security of goods during receipting, delivery and/or put away process/on site buyer for nonstock goods/services.
  • Escalate any losses to supervisor as soon as possible.
  • Stores receipting/returns/materials management data on computerized systems, files data.

 

Research

  • Comments on changes to policies in own sphere of work
  • Participates in formal audits of own areas

 

Teaching

  • Undertake all trust mandatory training
  • Undertake any role specific training as stipulated in job description
  • Actively take part in trust PDR review process

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working as part of a team.
  • Previous supply chain experience.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in NHS environment.
  • Knowledge of warehouse environment.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Good Written Skills.
  • Good Organizational Skills.
  • Keyboard Skills (MS Office).
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in NHS supply chain.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in NHS supply chain.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of H&S requirements.

Values

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Fit and Healthy (manual handling role)
  • Prepared to receive formal “on the job” training as the role evolves.
Desirable criteria
  • Other duties as instructed.
  • Flexible to meet the demands of the Trust.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Howard Worgan
Job title
Deputy Operational Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 956 1496
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